In his first three seasons the Jaguars signed 14 players, he got four starters — linebackers Paul Posluszny and Clint Session, safety Dawan Landry and defensive end Matt Roth — and a nickel back in Drew Coleman as well as special-teams ace Kassim Osgood, who played for two years before being cut Tuesday in a salary cap move.

But Smith missed one gamble when he gave defensive end Aaron Kampman $10 million in guaranteed money in 2010. Seven of the 14 UFAs are no longer with the team, but other than Kampman, none of them were high-priced signings.

Here’s the Jaguars free agency scorecard since Smith became general manager in 2009:

2009 — S Sean Considine, OT Tra Thomas: Both were low price stop-gap players near the end of their careers and Considine played two years and Thomas one.

2010 — DE Kampman, WR Osgood, LB Freddy Keiaho: They gambled Kampman would make a complete recovery from his torn ACL, but he tore one in his other knee last season and has played only in 11 games. Osgood was a good special teams player for two years before he was cut Tuesday. Keiaho went on IR and never played a game for the Jaguars.

2011 — LB Posluszny, LB Session, S Landry, CB Coleman, DE Roth, G Jason Spitz, P Matt Turk, G-T Tony Moll, LB Gerris Wilkinson: This was a very good class. Posluszny, Session, Landry and Roth all started although Roth started only nine games before suffering a concussion. Coleman was a nickel back. Spitz was a backup and Turk was miscast in the Jaguars’ directional punting scheme and was replaced by Nick Harris. Moll and Wilkinson were camp players.

I'm beginning to think that Jags GM Gene Smith maybe coming on here posting comments under the guise of "Davethecaveman". That or thecaveman just doesn't get it...when are you guys going to start holding "Genius" Smith accountable? If not now, then...when? Please wake up & smell the Maxwell House that's brewing!!

This article if anything, DEFENDS the people who say that G.Smith cannot draft & is not a good GM. Out of 3 years, only 1...1 significantly good year of free agent acquisitions. Oh & the Matt Turk thingy...they should have known better! This guy had not done directional punts in over a decade...duh, they should have known that it wouldn't work out!! Please don't get me started on A.Kampman...this guy seems to only want to draw a paycheck without strapping up & playing. Do they not watch film or get historical background on these guys before bringing them here to Jax & offering a contract??

Nice SPIN T.U. but let's talk about the only record that matters and the one your Genius Smith will be judged on. What about his win/loss record for the past three years? What about his win/loss record for December/January for the past three years? What about the three late season collapses which included 3-5 consecutive losses? What about all the busts? Based on your standard of measure, Gene Smith is a better GM than Bill Polian. This article is a different flavor from the same lot of Kool-Aid. Sad thing is the misguided and misled will continue to drink it non stop. The Jags are going nowhere until Gene Smith is gone! Despite having the current greatest amount of available cap space in the league, last year's 32nd ranked offense has done absolutely nothing to address itself during the Free Agency period. Not a single signing to give fans an array of hope on that side of the ball. You guys need to stop worrying about offending the new owner by critiquing Gene Smith objectively. Anyone with enough sense to place their shoes on right know that this team has down-spiraled sense Geneius has been at the helm. One famous Former American President once said..."You can't run from your record".

GM Gene should hit on every single attempt, he should bat 1.000, he should never miss as bad as NE or Dallas does. He shouldn't trade a late fourth round pick for a LB and an early fifth round pick. That's just CRAZY.
He should over pay for every single FA that comes available, of course he'd have to turn around and release players to make room on a limited roster.
Since you guys have obviously never looked at the roster management from another team maybe you should keep your opinions to yourselves.

@ Junglecat You have hit a grand slam dunk!!!! man, I felt goosebumps reading your post! In my circle of fans and friends we have debated on GS's draft picks and FA's for years. The overall conclusions you just wrote are SPOT ON!

David definately is alot better person than I am, because I would have been telling eb that would listen. Of course, his agent probably helped put it in perspective. There is more about GS to write, but, the fans here won't tolerate it as they only want the positives. I now understand cool beans rants, TNTebows lengthy salvos and see the truth behind why our players on roster, other Fa's and the entire league feels Jax is the "last" place they want to land.